In a rational world, a product that's routinely involved in the deaths and serious injuries of thousands of children every year would be immediately pulled from the market...or at least, maybe kids wouldn't be featured in hundreds of ads.
We can't talk about toxic car ads without talking about all the ways that cars literally toxify our communities — and yes, that includes some of the relatively "greener" models, too.
Seemingly no entries in this contest are as offensive as the ones from this automaker.
And if you know anything about car ads, can probably guess we're talking about Dodge.
We're looking at two bad ads for the same vehicle: one electric, one an original recipe gas-guzzler, both ultra-fatal to vulnerable road users in the event of a crash.
Last week, we put out our initial call for nominations in our quest to find America's most aggressive car commercials — but we thought some Streetsblog readers could use a little inspiration first.